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Holotype of
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(ZMH R22350) 8.5 km south of Yuffleh 1758 m, Sanaag region, Somaliland Left: head in dorsal, ventral and lateral view, right side drawings of the head. Photo: Tomáš Mazuch.
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Live photo of
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD900FCFFD85CAE1" bold="true" box="[543,634,1164,1190]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
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</emphasis>
can be distinguished from most congeners by its dark brown to blackbrown dorsal colour, without any light head stripes, two supralabials (4
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&amp; 5
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) touching on eye and one preocular, touching the frontal. PAR is longer than the distance between the frontal and the rostral scale. Venter whitish (for more characters see table 4).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFF480E5FFE6BCB71" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[199,404,1308,1334]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF480E5FFE6BCB71" box="[199,404,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon subniger</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE140E5FFE0ACB71" bold="true" box="[411,501,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFE140E5FFE0ACB71" box="[411,501,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD050E5EFD64CB71" box="[650,667,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD250E5FFCEBCB71" box="[682,788,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">broadleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFC940E5FFC8ACB71" bold="true" box="[795,885,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFC940E5FFC8ACB71" box="[795,885,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by having fewer MSR (, X 27.0, versus 2733, X 29.1, only one preocular (versus two) and its blackish brown or dark brown body colouration without light coloured head stripes (versus reddish, olive-brown or light brown body colouration with two short white head stripes and lips whitish coloured), with no dorsals uncoloured (versus first two rows uncoloured in
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFBDD0ECBFB43CBE5" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[1106,1212,1416,1442]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadleyi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBDD0ECBFB43CBE5" box="[1106,1212,1416,1442]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">broadleyi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB4B0ECBFADFCBE5" bold="true" box="[1220,1312,1416,1442]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFB4B0ECBFADFCBE5" box="[1220,1312,1416,1442]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFAB60ECBFEF5CB81" authorityName="Parker" authorityYear="1932" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFAB60ECBFEF5CB81" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon maculatus</emphasis>
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has an additional row of scales between the supralabials and loreal between nasal and preocular scale, (versus no row of scales) and 1011 supralabials (versus 8). Extralimital species:
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBB90E93FAF0CBAD" box="[1078,1295,1488,1514]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its whole distribution area differs in having two at least short head lines and whitish upper and lower lips (versus no headlines and no whitish lips),
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFE050D5BFD78C875" authorityName="Trape &amp; Mediannikov" authorityYear="2016" box="[394,647,1560,1586]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perisilvestris">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE050D5BFD78C875" box="[394,647,1560,1586]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon perisilvestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with similar colouration differs in having more MSR (2931, X 29.4 (versus 27 X 27.0 in
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFE090D7EFDF6C811" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[390,521,1596,1622]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE090D7EFDF6C811" box="[390,521,1596,1622]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD9D0D7FFD91C811" bold="true" box="[530,622,1596,1622]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFD9D0D7FFD91C811" box="[530,622,1596,1622]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) and frequently three supralabial scales touching eye (versus two in
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFA0B0D7EFF06C83D" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFA0B0D7EFF06C83D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE8F0D23FEA5C83D" bold="true" box="[256,346,1632,1658]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFE8F0D23FEA5C83D" box="[256,346,1632,1658]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) and a genetic interspecific distances of 0.024).
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFCF50D22FBD8C83D" authorityName="Trape &amp; Mediannikov" authorityYear="2016" box="[890,1063,1632,1658]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paralineatus">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFCF50D22FBD8C83D" box="[890,1063,1632,1658]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. paralineatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBD20D22FB23C83D" box="[1117,1244,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex differs in having clear head and/or body lines (versus no head and body lines in
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFB920DC6FB60C8D9" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[1053,1183,1668,1694]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB920DC6FB60C8D9" box="[1053,1183,1668,1694]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB290DC7FAFFC8D9" bold="true" box="[1190,1280,1668,1694]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFB290DC7FAFFC8D9" box="[1190,1280,1668,1694]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) and a brown or reddish colouration (versus blackish brown colouration in
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFCCC0DEAFC3AC885" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[835,965,1704,1730]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFCCC0DEAFC3AC885" box="[835,965,1704,1730]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFC430DEBFBDAC885" bold="true" box="[972,1061,1704,1730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFC430DEBFBDAC885" box="[972,1061,1704,1730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD16D78FF480D8FFE33CFCE" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="131" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF480D8FFE1FC8A1" bold="true" box="[199,480,1740,1766]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
Description of
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</emphasis>
: Juvenile female,
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFD3F0D8FFCF1C8A0" box="[688,782,1740,1767]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2199999999999998" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="222.0">222 mm</quantity>
SVL; head sub-triangular, slightly distinct from the neck, HL
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(5.1 % of SVL (
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); interocular distance 4.0 mm, pupil elliptical, eye diameter
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFB790DB3FAAFC94C" box="[1270,1360,1776,1803]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="2.3">2.3 mm</quantity>
; loreal rectangular, about 2.1 x as long (
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) as high (
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); body cylindrical; tail moderately short (8.5 % of SVL). Supralabials 8/8, 3th, 4th and 5th on left side of head and 4
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and 5
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on right side of head contacting orbit; infralabials 9/9, 1st on each side in contact behind mental, first three on both sides in contact with anterior chin shields and 4th on both sides in contact with posterior chin shields; one preocular on both sides touching; two postoculars in contact with the lower part of parietal scale caudally, upper postocular in contact with supraocular anterior-dorsally. Lower postocular in contact with 5th and 6th supralabial (both sides of head) ventrally; temporals 1+2+3 on both sides; two internasals; nasal divided; frontal longer (
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) than wide (
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); Parietal length (
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) longer than distance from frontal to rostral (
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); dorsal scales smooth, 22 SR one head-length posterior to jaw rictus, 27 MSR at midbody, 21 SR one head length anterior to vent; ventrals 225; anal plate entire; 43 subcaudals, all paired.
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<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A41FB8FCF06" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A41FD98CF5A" bold="true" box="[199,615,258,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
Colouration of
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in ethanol:
</emphasis>
dorsal body colouration dark brown without any light head stripes. Venter whitish, no dorsal scales light coloured, upper and lower labials same colour as dorsum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF180A09FCA3CF22" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" box="[151,860,330,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF180A09FE30CF23" bold="true" box="[151,463,330,356]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
Colouration in life (
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)
</emphasis>
: as above, but colour almost black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A2DFE33CFCE" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" box="[199,460,366,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A2DFEBECFCF" bold="true" box="[199,321,366,392]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Variation:</emphasis>
see
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD66D78FF480AD1FE28CC5E" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480AD1FF0DCF96" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480AD1FE9CCFEB" bold="true" box="[199,355,402,428]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Distribution:</emphasis>
the species is found only in Northern
<collectingCountry id="F366767BFFD66D78FC920AD0FC86CFEA" box="[797,889,403,429]" name="Somalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Somalia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B5F809FFD66D78FC050AD0FBD0CFEA" box="[906,1071,403,429]" country="Somalia" name="Sanaag" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Sanaag region</collectingRegion>
, Somaliland (
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asl) (
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).
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<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A99FE28CC5E" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A99FD97CFB2" bold="true" box="[199,616,474,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Habitat and Natural History notes:</emphasis>
The specimens were found in high-altitude semiarid or arid habitats from Somaliland (
<collectingRegion id="49B5F809FFD66D78FEAA0ABCFE33CC5E" box="[293,460,511,537]" country="Somalia" name="Sanaag" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Sanaag region</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD66D78FF480960FD19CC26" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480960FD19CC26" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480960FEADCC7A" bold="true" box="[199,338,547,573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species is named after the Latin word
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD66D78FCAD0960FC6DCC7A" authorityName="Hallermann &amp; Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[802,914,547,573]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">“subniger</taxonomicName>
” for blackish, somewhat dark, from its blackish body coloration without any stripes on head or body.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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